Motorcycle Racing

Harley Davidson Museum Highlights Racing and Remembers Their Past Like We Did

February 21, 2013

Remember a few months back when I asked about Harley Davidson’s road racing heritage? I have to wonder if someone at the museum saw that post because with Harley’s present emphasis on their “core” which is all cruisers, all the time, you have to keep reminding people that it wasn’t always so and the museum is having a program, Untold [...]

Read the full article →

OV-23XV Air Cooled Yamaha Big Twin Racer from Over Racing of Japan

October 31, 2012

Over Racing OV23XV racer powered by air cooled big twin from Yamaha MT-01 and Warrior

Curt Winter’s big twin racer sparked a discussion about big twin racing in general, it seems quite a few folks think it would be a Harley Davidson series and of no interest to anyone else. Doug dropped a link in a comment to this sweet looking machine from Japan’s Over Racing, it’s the OV-23XV, built around the 1670cc air cooled [...]

Read the full article →

Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat Sets Bonneville Record

September 26, 2012

There’s been a rush of emails in my inbox lately announcing lots of new motorcycle speed records, it must have been a good year for the salt. This one just came in and it’s actually pretty impressive. The new Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat set a record of 172.211mph in the APF3000 category (unfaired, naturally aspirated, pushrod v-twin, over 2000cc). What [...]

Read the full article →